baltimore... resiient... says.... he contracted... heeatitis c... from... the baltimore... v.a.... hospital... 4--years ago.....///. kathleen ... cairns... reports.../: he's... the... irst vvctim... from ...maryland.../ who ... tested positive.../ after... beingg treated... by.. the... traveling.... hospital worker ... now... under investigation...///. 3 (over photo in uniform)linny nelson proudly served 13 months in vietnam, now... 40 years later.... he has less hair... and more health problems. (linny nelson-65 year old vietnam vet)"i was in the va hospital for my emphazyma, my lung dissase." &phe ad one done by contract technician david kwiatkowski, who is now under investigatioo &pfor infecting patients with hepatitis c. so linny was tested. (linny nelson)" they contacted me and they said i tested positive and they were 99.9 percent sure the strain came from him" (cairns)"hospital officials confirm 168 patients were treated here in 2008 by the employee in question..but hospital administrators refuse to do an on camera intv about this case they say it is still under investigatii